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TARGETED AT CHRISTMAS - R. Barri Flowers Criminal Case Files (Book #3) Harlequin Intrigue BUY (29 September) Reviewer:  |  Rating: ROMANTIC SUS[ENSE

Just before the holidays, FBI Agent Cooper Reid’s public-corruption case becomes a murder investigation. Though she’s only loosely connected to the victim, Cooper must interview architect Lexi De La Garza as a potential suspect. He can’t rule out Lexi’s involvement because of their mutual attraction—but when Lexi’s threatened and another murder occurs, Cooper’s determination to catch the killer intensifies. Only by ending this destructive trail of crime can Cooper protect the woman he’s come to care for.

IT'S ONLY DANCING - Jasmine Guillory Scholastic Press BUY (6 October) Reviewer:  |  Rating: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE (Young Adult)

New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Guillory makes her highly anticipated young adult debut with a Dirty Dancing-inspired contemporary romcom! It's the summer before her senior year of high school and Kat (Kitty to her family) planned to spend it reading good books, working on her college applications, and enjoying her independence. Instead, she's stuck for an entire month with her family at a camp in the desert in southern California.

UNDER FIRE IN BIG SKY - Juno Rushdan Ironside Protection Services (Book #5) Harlequin Intrigue BUY Reviewer: Shirley Fleming | Rating: A ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

After her latest assignment turns more treacherous, special operative Olivia Adani can trust only one man. Asking Ironside Protection Services agent Eli Easton to work with her again means Olivia must stop avoiding him—and finally tell her long-distance, part-time lover she’s pregnant. Considering their high-stakes case and Eli’s painful past, Olivia fears they have little chance of forming a real family. But once Eli learns the truth, and Olivia’s life is put on the line, nothing will stop the former military man from protecting what is his.

RECKONING WITH THE MARSHAL - Simone Sims Harlequin Intrigue BUY (29 September) Reviewer:  |  Rating: ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

Since becoming a federal marshal, Beau Hunt has nurtured a secret fantasy: He’ll be assigned a new witness to protect, and that witness will be Christine, the woman he’d lost years ago after a confrontation with a crime lord. The moment he meets his latest assignment—a woman called Kirsten Spears—he realizes that his dream has finally come true. Beau and Kirsten agree to keep their relationship hidden from his colleagues and her longtime handler. When the truth comes to light, though, it exposes the former lovers to terrible danger. And it leaves them with no one to rely on but each other…

CLAIMING HIS FAMILY - Zoey Marie Jackson Harlequin Love Inspired BUY (29 September) Reviewer:  |  Rating: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE (Inspirational)

Nigel Emerson’s world is turned upside down when he learns his late mother’s last wish was for him to restore her house to its former glory with the help of the woman who broke his heart. Still hurt by Peyton Fitzgerald’s rejection, seeing her and her son, Samuel—a child Nigel could never have given her—is the last thing he wants. But as Nigel and Peyton work together repairing the old house, the bond that forms between Nigel and Samuel starts to heal old wounds. Their love for this child might just bring two old loves back together…

	THE JINGLE BELL GENE - S. Marie Jones The DNA of Love (A Christmas Merry Tale) Sweet Chariot Press BUY Reviewer: Brenda Larnell | Rating: A CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Christmas Miracle or Meltdown? When polar opposites Yuleesa Northcut and Kaelum Stone are thrown together, the attraction sizzles. So do centuries-old secrets lurking in their family histories. Secrets that could tear them apart. Or unveil a destiny neither saw coming. Because destiny always wins. Some wrongs won't stay buried. And some loves are written in the blood long before birth.

BLIND BEND - Olivia Gaines The Technicians Series (Book #16) Davonshire House Publishing BUY Reviewer:  Jennifer Brown | Rating: A CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

The Stately Elm is one of the finest arborists in the Northeast. Pruning damaged trees is what he does best. After attending Cranberry's wedding, however, he begins imagining a future that includes more than his work. Fate has other plans. Before he can figure out what that future looks like, two young boys, a determined artist, and a music student whose plans were uprooted by tragedy turn his carefully ordered world upside down. Suddenly, The Stately Elm discovers that growing a family takes a lot more patience than growing a forest. Finding his happily ever after may be waiting just around the Blind Bend

	LOVING HER ENEMY - Sharon C. Cooper Ameris Publishing BUY Reviewer: Brenda Larnell | Rating: A CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
A billionaire businessman. A heart-broken, unemployed chemist. A marriage agreement that can benefit them both. Billionaire businessman Sloane Davidson needs a wife—quickly. And, although Halayna Tanaka is ten years younger than him, and an enticing temptation he managed to resist years ago, she's perfect for the role. But she thinks he's some gold-plated scumbag and wants nothing to do with him.

UNDER FIRE - Brenda Jackson The Defenders (#16) Madaris Publishing Company BUY (27 October) Reviewer:  |  Rating: ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

Locke Dangerfield is determined to prove his client is innocent, even if he has to bring down government agencies to do so. What he hadn’t counted on was that former Special FBI Agent Hollis Calloway, the woman he hires to assist in the murder investigation, would be a distraction. As the investigation deepens, Locke and Hollis discover that conspiracy and corruption run deeper than a simple frame-up, putting people in danger and making them wonder who they can trust. When an attempt is made on Hollis' life, Locke is determined to unmask the killer before he loses the woman he loves, and to stop an innocent man from being sent to prison.

LOVE OVERDOSE - Stephanie Nicole Norris In the Heart of a Valentine (Book #19) Love is A Drug Ink BUY Reviewer: Brenda Larnell | Rating: A CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Frankie Mellows is always up for a good time. When she spots a handsome stranger at her favorite diner, thoughts of momentary bliss with him are all she can think about. As a single mother to a special needs child, Frankie’s time is limited, so entertaining a man for longer than a nightcap is not in her realm of possibilities. But when that man asks her out on a date, Frankie can’t help but entertain ideas about what could be if they were more.